A TEESSIDE musical star has revealed how he is quickly acquiring fans in high places - after the Duchess of Cornwall gave him the royal seal of approval.

Camilla told Nunthorpe’s finest Lewis Bradley how she voted for him as her choice for Joseph in the BBC talent contest Any Dream Will Do.

She had quickly recognised Lewis, a runner-up on the 2007 competition, as she made her inaugural tour as patron of Bath’s Theatre Royal.

Lewis, now appearing in Jack and the Beanstalk at the venue, said: “Her Royal Highness recognised me from the TV, and said she’d been a big fan. I asked ‘did you vote for me?’, and she promised that she had!”

Lewis was just 17 when he appeared on the 2007 show, presided over by Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber which aimed to find a fresh star for the musical Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.